Mitsubishi Eclipse Complaints

2,377 consumer complaints on file.

#760026March 30, 2002
WHEELS
ALL FOUR OF MY WHEELS ARE BENT. I BOUGHT ANOTHER OEM WHEEL FROM MITSUBISHI WHICH IS ALSO BENT. IN TOTAL I HAVE 5 BENT OEM WHEELS. I HAVE ALL WHEELS FOR EXAMINATION IF REQUIRED.*AK
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006644March 29, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE HAS FAILED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO REPLACE ENGINE ONCE AND REPAIR IT TWICE.CONSUMER IS ADDING 2 -3 QUARTS OF OIL EVERY 500 MILES. PERIODICALLY, VEHICLE RUNS ROUGH AND SLUGGISH. DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC HAS BEEN SERVICING THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759996March 29, 2002
WHEELS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
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No
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0
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0
#8006552March 28, 2002
WHEELS
CONSUMER STATES THAT TWO OF THE ALLOY WHEELS HAVE DENTS IN THEM CAUSING THE WHEELS TO WOBBLE WHEN DRIVING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIOANL INFORMATION. NLM
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#759936March 28, 2002
WHEELS:RIM
BOTH FAILURES WERE THE ALUMINUM ALLOY 10 SPOKE 17" RIMS EQUIPPED ON THE 2000 ECLIPSE GT PREMIUM PACKAGE. THE RIMS WERE BENT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. BETWEEN EACH INCIDENT, I HAD MY TIRES ROTATED. SINCE BOTH INCIDENTS HAPPENED TO THE RIM ON THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE, BOTH OF MY RIMS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY CAR HAVE BEEN DENTED. THE 1ST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE PULLING IN TO A PARKING SPACE ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS (REGULAR POT HOLES). SPEED WAS LESS THAN 5 MILES PER HOUR. THE 2ND INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A CITY STREET WITH NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS (REGULAR POT HOLES). RIM WAS BENT WHILE SLOWLY STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT. SPEED WAS LESS THAN 5 MILES PER HOUR. NLM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006461March 27, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE VEHICLE RATTLES WHEN IDLING AND NORMALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COLD. THE RATTLING FADES OUT AFTER BEING DRIVEN FOR A WHILE BUT REOCCURS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON AND OFF. THE CONSUMER LOCATED CLASS ACTION SUIT AND NOTIFIED THE DEALER. NLM
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006401March 26, 2002
WHEELS:RIM
THE RIMS THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE ARE VERY SOFT, WHEN HITTING A POT HOLE THECONSUMER FEELS THAT THE RIM COULD BREAK. NLM
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006349March 25, 2002
WHEELS:RIM
RIMS ARE TOO SOFT. WHEN MOUNTING A TIRE, THE RIMS HAVE DENTS AND BENDS POSING A ROAD HAZARD. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *TT
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006354March 25, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
CONSUMER SMELLS GAS FUMES WHEN DRIVING. ALSO, SMELLS FUMES WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS ON. THERE IS A RECALL, 96V158001, ON VEHICLE'S MAKE/MODEL; BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759789March 25, 2002
WHEELS:RIM
I LEASED A '00 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT IN NOVEMBER OF 1999 FROM POTAMKIN MITSUBISHI, IN MANHATTAN NY FOR A THREE YEAR TERM. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR, PARTICULARLY WITH THE RIMS THAT CAME WITH THE CAR AND THE REPLACEMENTS I'VE HAD TO BUY. I HAVE GONE THOUGH THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL SET OF 4 "10 SPOKE" RIMS ON THE CAR AFTER THEY WERE BENT WHILE DRIVING. I FIRST REPLACED TWO OF THEM WITH THE SAME TYPE OF "10 SPOKE" RIMS. FINALLY WHEN THESE TWO ALSO INCURRED DAMAGE, I REPLACED THE TWO REPLACEMENTS AND THE ORIGINAL TWO RIMS WITH 4 OF THE 6 SPOKE RIMS, AND THESE TOO HAVE REPEATEDLY BENT WHILE DRIVING. THE LOSS OF AIR FROM THE BENT RIMS HAS LED TO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE HAD 3 FLAT TIRES THAT HAVE OCCURRED WHEN RIM DAMAGE CREATED A BAD SEAL AND CAUSED SLOW UNDETECTABLE AIR LEAKS. ALL THREE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE DAMAGE CAUSED TO THEM WAS UNREPEATABLE. I HAVE KEPT ALL 6 OF THE RIMS I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE IN THE LAST 2 YEARS SINCE I LEASED THE CAR. (THEY TAKE UP A LOT OF CLOSET SPACE) I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK SO MANY TIMES TO THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE RIMS AND DEMANDED THAT THEY REPLACE THEM FOR FREE BECAUSE HOW BADLY THEY HELD UP ON THE ROAD. I OFFERED IN WRITING TO CHANGE THE TYPE OF TIRES, OR PRETTY MUCH DO ANYTHING TO GET AROUND THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD A REGIONAL MANAGER FINALLY LOOKED AT MY CAR BUT DECIDED AGAINST REPLACING THEM CITING ROAD DAMAGE FROM DRIVING IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA AND BASICALLY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS ALL MY FAULT. I KNOW THAT HE NEVER EVEN LOOKED AT THE NOTE I LEFT HIM BECAUSE THE ENVELOPE WAS STILL SEALED AND ATTACHED TO MY INVOICE THAT THEY KEPT. I CALLED THE COMPANY NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY REFERRED ME TO THE REGIONAL MANAGER WHO NEVER EVEN TOOK THE TIME TO TALK TO ME. HOW COULD THEY MARKET TO SELL AND LEASE A CAR IN A CITY THAT THEY THEN BLAME FOR CAUSING THE DAMAGE? SHOULDN'T THE TIRES OR RIMS OF A CAR BE SUITED TO BE DRIVEN IN THE AREA THAT IS MARKETED AND SOLD OR LEASED? FRONT AND REAR BOTH SIDES.
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759697March 23, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DEALER REPLACED LIFTERS AT 34000 MILES DUE TO TICKING, OTHER CONSUMERS ALSO COMPLAIN ABOUT LIFTER TICK. I HAVE ADDED MYSTERY OIL AND PROLONG TO OIL AND NOTHING SEEMS TO HELP.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006147March 21, 2002
WHEELS:RIM
2 PC RIMS ON VEHICLE BENT EASILY, TIRES CONSTANTLY LOSE AIR DUE TO THIS.*AK
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759608March 21, 2002
WHEELS
RIMS DENT AND CRACK WHEN HITTING POTHOLES AT LOW SPEEDS. SLOW AIR LEAKS REPORTED ALSO. *AK (TIRESIZE: 205/55/16)
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759612March 21, 2002
WHEELS
ODI ACTION NUMBER PE01-044, ALLOY WHEEL DENTING. TWO WHEELS ARE DENTED.*AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759629March 21, 2002
WHEELS
THE BENT RIMS CAUSED THE TIRE TO BE PINCHED AND POPPED THE TIRE, RESULTING IN MY NEEDING A NEW OEM RIM AND A NEW TIRE (TIRESIZE: 215/50/17)
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759647March 21, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED SAME DAY WHEN VEHICLE GOT DELIVERED BRAND NEW, DEALERSHIP RESURFACED THEM AND 9K MILES LATER THEY BECAME WARPED AGAIN, THAT IS WHEN THEY GOT FINALLY REPLACED ON THE NEW ONES. VERY POOR QUALITY OF THE BRAKE PARTS!*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
2
#759648March 21, 2002
WHEELS
FRONT RIM IS BENT WITHOUT ANY TIRE, OR RIM'S LIP DAMAGE. TIRE WAS INSPECTED BY THE THIRD PARTY REPAIR SHOP AND FOUND UNDAMAGED, BUT THE RIM IS BENT WELL OUT OF THE SPEC CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE AT HIGHER SPEED. APPARENTLY THIS IS WELL KNOWN ISSUE WITH MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. DEALER RUNS ME AROUND, OFFERING TO REPAIR THE DAMAGED ALLOY WHEEL INSTEAD OF REPLACING IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759649March 21, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY POORLY INTO THE SECOND GEAR WHEN VEHICLE IS COLD. IT WAS ALREADY REBUILT 4K MILES AGO AND NOW IT STARTS TO FAIL FOR THE SEOCND TIME, DEALERSHIPS REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT STATING THAT THEY CAN NOT REPORDUCE THE PROBLEM. CAR IS VERY HARD AND UNPLEASANT TO DRIVE WHEN NOT FULLY WARMED UP. MORE DETAILS AT WWW.DEADECLIPSE.COM. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005752March 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHEN PARKING VEHICLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONSTANT OIL LEAK.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759384March 15, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
ON JANUARY 14 I TOOK MY CAR TO PUNTE HILLS MITSUBISHI FOR A RECALL ON THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS. SINCE I WAS THERE I ASKED THEM TO INSPECT MY CAR FOR ANYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AT THIS POINT THEY RECOMMENDED THE TIMING AND BALANCER BELTS, TENSIONERS, LEFT TIE ROD, AND A BROKEN AIR VALVE WHICH I DID AT A COST OF $736.52. UPON RECEIVING MY CAR I HEARD A CHIRPING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHICH THEY TOLD ME WAS THE TIMING BELT WAS NEW AND NEEDED TO BE BROKEN IN, WHICH I TOOK THEIR WORD FOR. WITHIN THE FOLLOWING MONTH THE CHIRPING BECAME LOUDER AND LOUDER TO THE POINT I CALLED AND REQUESTED THEY LOOK AT IT AGAIN. ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER MY CAR JUST STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT . AFTER LIFTING THE HOOD I NOTICED THE TIMING BELT COVER SPLIT OPEN ON THE TOP REVEALING THE TIMING BELT WAS NOT ON PROPERLY. AFTER TOWING MY CAR TO THE DEALER A QUICK INSPECTION CONCLUDED THAT MY CRANK PULLEY HAS "WALKED" INTO THE TIMING BELT COVER BURNING A HOLE THROUGH IT CAUSING THE DISASSEMBLING OF THE TIMING UNIT AND MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE HEADS, PISTONS, ETC...I ASKED THE MECHANIC WHY WHEN I BROUGHT MY CAR IN JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH AGO THEY DIDN'T LET ME KNOW MY CRANK PULLEY HAD SUCH SIGNIFICANT WEAR. HIS RESPONSE WAS THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL A CRANK PULLEY IS GOING BAD. I DID RESEARCH OF MY OWN AND FOUND OUT THIS IS HAPPENING TO MOST ECLILPSE, ALL YEARS AND THAT THERE IS A WAY TO TELL IF THE CRANK PULLEY IS GOING BAD BY MEASURING THE AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT SIDE TO SIDE MAKING SURE IT MEET THE MANUFACTURER REQUIREMENTS. OBVIOUSLY THE CRANK PULLEY HAD VERY SIGNIFICANT WEAR SEEING THAT THE PULLEY CAME APART. I DID RESEARCH ON THIS MATTER AND FOUND OUT MITSUBISHI KNOWS THESE PARTS ARE DEFECTED BUT COVERS MOST OF THEM UNDER WARRANTY SO IT BRINGS DOWN THE NUMBERS. I FEEL THE REPAIRS SHOULD BE COVERED AND WOULD LIKE TO OPEN AND INVESTIGATION ON "CRANKPULLEY/SHAFT WALKING" HOPEFULLY LEADING TO A RECALL. THANK YOU.
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No
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No
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Deaths:
0

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